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Morning News


Apr.20   eBay   Strong First Quarter, Outlook Unchanged
  It wasn't enough to make its management more bullish. eBay disappointed Wall Street


  Apple   Shares Jump After Strong 2Q Earnings
  The company second-quarter profit rose 41%, beating estimates, as sales of its iPod players continued to soar


  SJ Mercury News   Media Mogul To Acquire Newspapers  MediaNews' CEO is the frontrunner to acquire 3 newspapers

  Yahoo   Watchdogs take Yahoo to task  Human rights groups have again accused the company of helping Chinese officials jail a dissident

  San Jose   Church Of Scientology Sues Agency  The county Department of Family and Children's Services has been slapped with a $400 million lawsuit

  Highway 680 One Dead After Bizarre Accident  50 sawhorses ended up scattered on the roadway. 2 vehicles ended up on an embankment

  Emeryville Chiron shareholders OK sale to Novartis  Shareholders approved a $5.4 billion acquisition by Swiss drug giant Novartis, ending the independent existence

Day News


  Western Addition   Hell's Angels Arrested In FBI Raids
  At least 12 people, including 2 top members of a notorious gang, are behind bars


  Google   Quarter profit soars
  Google is blowing past expectations on the jump in revenue from the online advertising business
 The results put to rest doubts -- at least for now -- that the Mountain View search engine's money machine is slowing 1st-quarter profit was $592.3 million ($1.95 per share), compared with $369.2 million ($1.29) a year ago. Excluding the cost of a compensation and a settlement, Google would have earned $2.29 per share


  Bay Bridge   Contractor Named For Suspension Project
  American Bridge/Fluor Enterprises submitted a $1.43 billion bid, lower than the $1.68 billion submitted by the competitor


  Palo Alto   Students Suspended Swastika Graffiti  Officials said 5 students spray-painted swastikas and references to the Columbine high school massacre

  Coliseum Tigers 4, A's 3  Granderson drew a free pass with the bases loaded to bring home the go-ahead run in the 9th inning

Evening News


  Napa   Suspect In 9-Year-Old Murder Arrested  Swat teams made an arrest of Randy Weeks in a cold case murder first investigated 7 years ago

  Oakland   PG&E To Pay $2.9 Million For Solar Energy  Pacific Gas & Electric Co.has awarded the city a rebate after city installed 2 solar electric systems
World , April 20, 2006 Timeline